Posted on 12/15/2008 2:26:11 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina
Behavior modification by the State. Beyond creepy.
A disturbing update of a story you both posted earlier versions of.
ping
I’m glad it was posted again.I didn’t see first post.
:( Open you wallet, it’s going to be a BUMPY road. :(:(:(
Do these fools realized just how close we are to revolution in this Nation? Started by a tax revolt.
Our so-called “elected” leaders best dig their head out of their collectivist asses and CUT EXPENDITURES to the barest minimum, and let our economy recover.
After all.... after you shear the sheep you have to give them time to grow the hair back before you shear them again.
A public that would even allow something like this is a public that no longer deserves the republic that their founders created. We are hopelessly lost. Tell your children that America is gone.
The power to tax someone is the power to compel them to change their behaviors to your liking. When you have the kind of granular control that technology now gives you, you can wield awesome power to mold the masses to your agenda.
You would think that the environmentalists would be upset with this, since it removes the reward for driving fuel efficient cars—which, incidentally, are usually lighter weight and cause less road damage.
But I guess these people don’t believe in incentives, only government mandates.
One of the things that made America what it was was the "wide open spaces" and the ability to get in your car, hop on your bike (motorcycle) and just start driving... It was once known as FREEDOM!!!
Of course this is from a bygone era, and most of those "in charge" (AKA our elected "employees") seem to think that there's WAY too much emphasis on "freedom" and "individuality" and they do everything within their power to stamp it out. From taxing everything we enjoy, to drugging our children in school.
If this goes through, I hope the CITIZENS of NC start buying torches and pitchforks. Geez, the home of Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of the homes of NASCAR? Just what the hell are they thinking?
Mark
I believe Portland is the one majro jurisdiction where this type of thing has been tried (it only applies to vehicles registered in Portland), and all it's done is give people an incentive to move just outside the city limits so the VMT tax doesn't apply to them.
So do I need a GPS on my motorcycle?
By the odometer method, some guy who takes a trip across the U.S. ends up paying taxes to repair North Carolina roads when those miles were racked up on some other state’s highways.
Every paragraph of this story presents one hideous idea after another. Bad followed by worse and then even “worser.”
First the use tax itself, which is a tax on personal behavior. Then there’s the SUV vs. Prius premium (again penalizing choice and behavior), and even worse the monitoring of your travel through different tax jurisdictions “to properly allocate” taxes.
Will the Sheeple resist?
I agree with your general sentiment, but I would also suggest that the concept of “freedom” on which this country was founded never included the notion that people have a God-given right to get in their cars every day and drive to work 5, 10 or 50 miles away on a taxpayer-funded road.
Although this has been kicking around for some time, this must have been a big idea at the recent governor’s convention.
GPS doesn’t work if it cannot see the sky. Block the antenna and they can’t track you.
Of course, you can set the odometer back.
This is what happens NC, elect Conservative Republicans instead of rats and rinos.
Is North Carolina run by the scumbag Democrats now?
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